Information for STADEN/bionet.software.staden

USENET name:  bionet.software.staden

Mailing list name:  STADEN

e-mail address:     staden@net.bio.net

Discussion leader:   Tim Littlejohn

Newsgroup character: Bionet.software.staden is a forum for information
exchange and discussions for the community of scientists using the Staden
Package for molecular sequence analysis.

Functions of the newsgroup:
The newsgroup will serve as a communication forum for users of the Staden
Package for molecular sequence analysis.  The package covers most sequence
analysis applications including DNA assembly, DNA analysis, protein sequence
analysis, sequence comparisons, library handling and searching. The assembly
program can handle input from ABI 373A, LI-COR, Pharmacia A.L.F. and Amersham 
International BaseScanner instruments, plus digitizers. The package runs on 
a large number of hardware/operating system platforms and is available for 
a nominal fee.

The newsgroup has the following specific objectives:

1.  to serve as a communication medium for announcing modifications
    to the package;

2.  to be a "self help" group, where users with problems can gain from
    the experience of the rest of the user-community (and thereby reduce
    the pressures of the developers to provide support).  The newsgroup will
    provide a forum for answers to frequently asked questions concerning the
    package;

3.  to exchange ideas and practical advice about getting the most from all
    components of the package, from sequence assembly through to analysis;

4.  to promote the continued growth and enhancement of the package.


Subscribers are welcome from universities or any academic
institutions, government agencies, hospitals and other medical
institutions, and industrial or commercial organizations.
Contributions within the functions outlined above are encouraged. The
newsgroup is unmoderated, and I am willing to act as current
coordinator.


Tim Littlejohn

Assistant Director (Informatics), Organelle Genome Megasequencing Program,
Departement de biochimie, Universite de Montreal, C.P. 6128, succursale
Centre-ville, Montreal (Quebec), H3C 3J7